Exam question 2 · Clocks, calendars and planning the day

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises daylight saving time?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: daylight · What happens: follow, characteris, save · To what, where: daylight

This is exam question 2 of lesson 263 «Clocks, calendars and planning the day» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	daylight	daylight	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
10	saving	save	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 daylight	acl
11	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 saving	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		daylight		of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	save	gerund	daylight not said here		time		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1

Clocks change only in the southern hemisphere

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Clocks	clock	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 change	nsubj
2	change	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	2 change	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 hemisphere	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hemisphere	det
6	southern	southern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 hemisphere	amod
7	hemisphere	hemisphere	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 change	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	present	Clocks			the southern hemisphere			vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Clocks change by one day each season

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Clocks	clock	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 change	nsubj
2	change	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	by	by	ADP	_	5 day	case
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 day	nummod
5	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 change	obl
6	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	7 season	det
7	season	season	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 change	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	present	Clocks				day; season		vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Clocks go forward one hour in spring and back in autumn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Clocks	clock	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 go	nsubj
2	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	forward	forward	ADV	_	2 go	advmod
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 hour	nummod
5	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 go	obl:unmarked
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 spring	case
7	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 go	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 back	cc
9	back	back	ADV	_	7 spring	conj
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 autumn	case
11	autumn	autumn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present	Clocks				autumn; hour; spring	forward property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Clocks go back one hour in spring and forward in autumn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Clocks	clock	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 go	nsubj
2	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	back	back	ADV	_	2 go	advmod
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 hour	nummod
5	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 go	obl:unmarked
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 spring	case
7	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 go	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 forward	cc
9	forward	forward	ADV	_	7 spring	conj
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 autumn	case
11	autumn	autumn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go back	present	Clocks				autumn; hour; spring		vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient

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